Alyssa Romero was in Mrs. Deremiah’s fourth grade class at Bryan Elementary when she brought home this hope crabapple tree during the Coeur d'Alene Arbor Day program in 2009. The tree is seen here in 2021.
April 25, 2025
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April 25, 2025 1:05 a.m.
Arbor Day trees: Where are they now?
Forty years ago, a small program was launched to send local fourth graders home with free seedlings in celebration of Arbor Day. It began with a few hundred seedlings given away to a few Coeur d'Alene schools. Now, nearly 2,000 seedlings are distributed to fourth graders across Kootenai County each year.